Means for operatively connecting a gramophone with an automatic musical instrument.



. H. A. PREUSS.

MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTINGA GRAMOPHONE WITH AN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.28, 1914.

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Patented July 6, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

21/ l z" a H. A. PREUSS.

MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING A GRAMOPHONE WITH AN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1914- Patented July 6, 1915.

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" 5 Aeration fi i ni re ativ yl Qe ne' 'tins' mOPLhQ Q-W h 1- an Automatic Mi sic'a'llnstr um Ltfl ofvvhich-e he;,follow n 'is' -sps ifisafi hy nihlay ng' ramep on cco paniadhy j automatic, {mnsical instrnrnent there s th u ir i 3 Padrai La si ult n ance of; the tvvofinsjtruments perand harmony! 1 This difli; mreslilts tlhevariability "of 1 u e t erat n t eme uments I finch; a heet naturally is U theiiifluencesio i a lhsr yf i lk then drxsho v M .fen m dth'er o e eh skt en e of o llowi -0 11sansw rfles Y' "he uccess on q 5 s a 1 p c p i le i n ikx m a ly,1 1 area s mfi hfilk "eXt nt hat-- t appe 1 1 :P d le t rin r inent fie 'bpl y r ere l i ilis c e l itiW sx ma n th t he Sheet td m; a. a atei he-i ra niof g arin se t heg-ramophq ramoph nelwasa v l wed'i sb t -yz r m t emOWI ofihpia fl Accordin to th V ijresehtzinventionl the music he t s? dri e ep d nt y fro 1 "music sheet prO d d-W th a sp cialjrow. f 10 fi.-perf0r .35

vary nggtemperature and the imoistureof the 3 air- 1 have -1101lei liect on the synchronism, i since *the variation of; the short spacesbe; tween theonsecutiveopenings are toofshert t 1QW a or e t" a en fi ths 'fOIIOWingteeth of the star Wheel. a. 5 III1=--EigilfQ l of the; drawing" part of an ut maenpi ri hownrin c bi at on wi h a gramophorl nl kse t b a d vi ;f 111i planiof this-device, Fig 3 the iron ew ofgitslower partfand Fig. 4 isa p r' pect .BWO .portionofgt e g ar gi '1 nstruc on Shown-ibisv assumed .1 o ,whichii w mdjf m I he t $1 1 and 21 is driven: by: the

Specification of Lett'grs m'm MUSIGALINSTBUMgnQ gearing commonly employed for this ANS-@511bi ERnTiVELY'CONiVEGTING A GRAMOPHONEWITH Air AU'rcim-ric -,Patented Jlily 6," 191 5.

trame' farifi s b of the a'r iio pli o eii provided with itheusual vertical shaft. 2.;

vThesl aft fz may be. driven through any of u urpose, and i for the plirpos'es'of inustra tion-I have 'shojwn thes'amejprovided With a pinionBj inniesh-vvith a gear'fwheel mount; ed on'ashaft 6 arranged p a'ralle'l with the shaft 2, said shaft fi being further/provided WithZ'a; pinion- 5 in'eshinggwith a gear Wheelb driven by any suitable type ofvinotor, as

indicated in- Fig. 1., v The motor gear Wheel, I b also me shes with a pinion Tmounted on a ShaftS carrying a gear wheel d. The wheel" defthesaid'gearings'b meshes with a heel e which is ;journaledinv av movable armfiired to th e shaft 7:. whichgis,joi rnalediin a bra et a c a Other Wheel 1g rotatably monnted on the shaft 71 A spring f tends to move thearm; f

7 in such direction as to secure the;engage ment of theigear heels-e andal- The shaft onithe shaft wil -[The shaft m;is j ournaled 75 is provided with a bevel heelii at gits i 1H; le er a d n a n h rbe wheel ,1 the sheat ftqq i h-ca i s sp W e l i w ch is mesh w h. the sp rlwh .e

preferably in closejpi'oximity to the tracker board a'fwith which th'e movable musicsheet agcgntacts in the usualimannera On" this sh i1-a arlwh el rud m a is r ly ta ched. The sheet *drum' p is driven from;

,on.; Suchf an;arrangement permits the rec- 0rd I a c :to be driven independently by .the drive: drum n Without interference from the v v thedriving sha ftgqjbythe gears rand rJ 7 roll p-and its actuating mechanism, the ,lat-- terproviding a. slip: drive to ind np the record as fed by the drive drumQ By these.

means the music sheet fed by the stardrum the drum p 'butisjnot;

pulled alongbythe latter byforce: k i J-Provi s'ionfis made to allow the piano-to be For this purpose the star wheel or drum .n isremoved and 'rbymeans of a pin s-the gear v played-independently from the gramophone'.

m carrying;suitable-perforationsis coupled a t fpthe sheet roll or drum' p.- When however it} is. .,desii' ed toallow the piano;to;play:te-i 7 I galleries the .,graiiid hne*itheieeu iing pin 8 which is preferably a screw pin is Wi d-r /W I V I V A '51 tAshas', been a1 0 v e a t of hev Wheel e is not 'j ou'rn'aledfin affixedffioint' but t in Jan-warm =faw hi is rlo table oi i h ft ch This will enable the;Qprai Q giQia disengage? the wheel. '6' from the Wheel-1d,

which is preferably done bys-the aid of. {the slide Pr i -w 'fa-hzin lei it The. slide-"t carries below an obliq'ufshoulder ;t

in thepathof a pin f" 'on t hear1nf. hen

' the slide t is inoved' inwardly the pini 7 will v 1 bshifted sidevvard-bvthe oblique surface of the shoulder t thus? disengaging "the Wheel e from theflvv'heelrdz 'The-s ide may' I also be j Iused to stepthe j gramophone; 'fTo l by. tvvo v upper projections" t 'The" roller w is arranged onal r'otatable arm v -having beyond its axis of rotation a pawl w adapt-' ed'to' engage the rim of a disk reconnected" with the 'gramophone'. Thus when the" slide.

t isfmoved inwardly to stop the "driving" mechanism of-ithjq music sheet; the grainog :"ph'enfe will alsogbe stopped by thep'a'wl 'wz I f 41min be"evident, that the'driving mesh-j anism; for the musical instrument "consisting i "of the star wheel for star drum andj the "rows of perforationin" themusic sheet can bemade use-bff-inflrecording as vvell} as ini re-i Kg'produ'cingtg F ',;11gc1ai1 g:" Q fj 3 lq Thecombinationvvith af phonogra'phiand 'operatin'g mechanism therefor, of (an:

musical instrument; and ini'eans directly con;- 7

Y nected' to and positively driving said auto? matic instrument recordjindependent of the take upiroll; substantially as described. '2. The combination with a honogra h; and [operating mechanismi thereforf offlan Y automatic f musical in'strument, a I record record; a take-up rollyfoij 're'ceivingfthe rec vord as played; means' 'directly: connected to and' positivelyf driving} said "automatic 7 strument' record independent of the, take-up roll, connections for actuating said means r -ph g aph p rat g ebha ism and means for actuating; said take up' rol l towind up theauto'm'ati'c instrument recordit as driven fromsaid first-fnamedimeans, substantially asdescribed.

3. I n' ad vice for synchronizing auto-1 J matic imusical]instruments," the combination of an automatic musical'instru'ment,a reca ord therefor, a roll for initially holding-said record, a roll for 'receiving ftherecord as a ceivi'ngroll, means forpositively' connecting together the members of said slip' drive ii mechanism to provide a positive drive mechg -i. .1php xog ph, nd c n c iqn twe us f 'ope'mting" the automatieinstriiimm record istantiallyj as described. 2

ord-J-theiefor; a roll-"for initially holding said [connected with said; receiving r011; meanscf i stantiallyas 'deseribeds;

" for driver sa d receiving roll thrdughj sit-i v ment record synchronously With"the- .phoho 1 theref0r,' a roll :for initially"holdingsaid;

played, a slip drive mechanism for said re-j anism, removable drive means independent oif l 'sai d' .lreceiving roll. in orierativelconnec-l tion with the record for actuating the same In; a' device for synchronizing allilQfi mat c mus cal instruments, the combination of an automat c-mus cal mstrument, a re record," a rollfor receiving the record ae played, a transmission; eleinent' *fri'ctionzfll'y driving transmission element? tamarneain'g ard transmissionelement positively to "said '1 receiving iro'lh drive "means {indee pendent of said receivihg roll operative connection.'jwith the record'ifor" actuating the same, a phon 'gmph,* and eonne',tioffis :be tween saidjphonograph' and drivei m ns, for actuating the automatic instrument 'reoord synchronouslyfufith the? '"ph on s 5}111'1' "a fdvice i for 'synchroni matic rnusio'al ins'trumentg the 00m of" automatic musical in'strumen ordzthereit'oIf; airoll-ifor-initially hold rend r*receiving thercbrd pla e'dya'shaft'ifor saidreceiving roll, gebi wheel- 'frictionally mountedfthereom "gear whee a for positivelyconnectin said igear when: to "said receiving ro11 "driv means-independent of said "receiviiigj roll operative connection "withsthe record actuating thesameg a 'phondgrap nd 0 nections between said phonograph: and an "means fer operating;thei autonnitiqr'instru graph;substantially" as described. 4 i 9 f6. Ini i a- "device ;-forsynch onizin'g fan I matic musical instruments, the combinatio oflanfautomatic musical instrument; air'e 0rd therefor, drive meansfin" operative on 'nection 2-;vvith the record for f a'c'tu'ating-ifth same; fa phonograph, c nnections 'betv'v'ee said pho'nog'raph' and drive meansfior op ating the automatic instrument recordfs yn fchronously from the phonograph, afpivoted rmgfor carrying one element of isa d col nections, and means for swinging said pi oted' arm to "disengage the associated? e1 ment fromfsaid connections, substantially described. 'f "QjQ r In a device' for; synchronizing auto matidmusical instruments; the combinat of an automatic I'nusical instrument, fa rec ordtherefor, a phon'ographgfoperating.inec anism therefor ,ic'onnections between saiab erating mechanismfland Fthe 5 a to strum'ent record] for driving the same chronously with the -phonographja ifv oQ arm carrying one element? ofa'sai'd v tions,i a cam block for moving said 'armtodisengage" the associatedelement from said connections, and means for actuating said, foam -block, substantially'asdescribed.;i

, m m c a of anfiautomatic"mus cal instrument, a recg 8,151 3 a j device; forfsynchron'izing ;auto.- 1181081 mstr mentsa-th COIIlblIlfltlQll therefor, a" ion [for initially holding .i 1 said 1reco'rd, a jrolljfor receiving: the record as played, Jdrivle meansindependent of said rolls in operative connection with the record alter-actuatin the, same, a phonograph, con f nections between said phonograph and drive TmeanS 2 for actuating ith automatic instru- I "-151 ment record synchronously from the phono graph, and means for'disengaging said con j ement;

llegations-includingagpivoted arm, one elemIlt10f-Said connections mounted'on the fr ee jend of said arm' 'andadaptedto -be moved to disengage. said -fconnections," a lug v carriedfibyfljsaid arm, a cam block engaging said l lug to move jthe arm to disengage said "an;;operating; i;od, for moving;

mfbjlock, substantially as dert usziiatehtfmay; be: obtained rdr 7 Vice orfli'synchronizing automatic musical instruments, the combination of an automatic musica1-instrument,a rec- 0rd therefor, a roll for initially holding said re'c0rd a r011 for receiving the record as played, dIlVG means in operat ve connectlon with'said record for actuating the same, a phonograph,- connections between said phonograph; nd'driving means for actuating ,the automatic instrument record synchro- ,nous ly from the phonograph, means for disengaging said connections including a pivoted arm, one eIe'mentof said connections carriedion-the free end of said arm, a lug on said arm,a cam block for engaging said lug to move the arm to disengage said: element,

connections in operative engagement, and means associated with and operated by said operating j'rod for braking the phonograph f when said connections are disconnected, substantially asdescrlbed;

/ i HENRY AUGUST PREUSS.

Witnesses: I i c F. A; MAX KAMPFF, r ERNEST H; L. MUMMENHOFF.

, an operating rodfor moving said camblock, vmeans for normally'tending to maintain said five centsieach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

